SWOG Update
October 2009
Contents  
Welcome to the October 2009 SWOG Update.

For all members and friends of the Southwest Oncology Group, the SWOG Update will keep you informed of what's happening with the Group. News to report? Send it to communications@swog.org.

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Chair's Corner  
How should we spell success?
Laurence H. Baker photo Questions of how we define success in cancer research and how costs should factor into that definition have been much in the news. [more]

Study Updates  

S0702: Zoledronic acid and ONJ risk
Patients taking zoledronic acid seem to face an increased risk of osteonecrosis of the jaw, or ONJ. S0702 seeks answers. [more]

Dawn Hershman, M.D. S0715: Does ALC prevent neuropathy?
Pain and numbness in hands and feet is a common side effect of taxane-based chemotherapy. Can the dietary supplement acetyl-L-carnitine prevent it? [more]

 
Don't Miss It  
Visualization of MCF-7 genome depicting somatic breast tumor chromosomal rearrangements. (Hampton, et al. Genome Res. 2009 Feb; 19(2); 167-177.) The War on Cancer: Raise the bar, or move the goal line?

Plenary Session
SWOG Fall 2009 Group Meeting
Friday, October 23, 12:15 - 2:45 pm
Gold Level, Regency B - D
Hyatt Regency Chicago
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SWOG Ops Office to move: New phone and address, same great service

moving icon Although the SWOG Operations Office won't move to its new digs until January 1, 2010, you can travel to the future by using their new phone numbers, which are already active.

The old phone numbers will forward to the new until mid-2010.

New Ops Office phone numbers:
   210-614-8808
   210-614-0006 -- fax

Here's the new Ops Office address as of January 1, 2010:
   4201 Medical Drive, Suite 250
   San Antonio, TX 78229

E-mail addresses at the Operations Office will not change.


Got news to tell? Send it to communications@swog.org.